DUBAI: Bahrain`s Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman al Khalifa has died, the royal palace announced on Wednesday on Twitter.


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Sheikh Khalifa passed away on Wednesday morning at Mayo Clinic hospital in the United States, Bahrain`s state news agency said.


The burial ceremony will take place upon the repatriation of his body and the funeral will be limited to a specific number of relatives, the statement said.


Official mourning has been declared for a week.